When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

Think about yourself because no one has time to think about you. Everyone is busy thinking about themselves.

This was what the poets couldn't put in their poetry, she thought dumbly, the rush of desire so fierce and pure it made one shake, all on the force of a word.

The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.

Who is old enough to have learned from experience?

No one really expects me to do anything offensively. But I expect a little more.

Anybody want some . . . toast?

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.

The thing I would most like to see invented is a way of teaching children and grown-ups the difference between right and wrong.